a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor

Fred is really a set of fanciful full sized buffalo , i.e., American bison, statues are part of the outdoor displays. They are quite fanciful. The mall constantly gives the bison new wild and fanciful paint coatings. Currently, they are painted with zebra or tiger stripes.

Some have small wings like birds. This is a pun on the name of a recipe forchicken wings that are slow cooked in a crock pot with various sauces. It's called "Buffalo Wings" because it seems to have originated, and is very popular, in the city of Buffalo, in northwest New York State, USA. Many families have their own recipes.

Copper Country Antique Mall is a fascinating mini-mall in Tucson, Arizona, USA. It's all indoors. Antiques dealers rent space of various sizes, from good sized stalls down to individual glass display cases.

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Little Pot by Candlelight

Again, I really should be doing other things, but I had lit a little votive candle, mostly to burn the last of the wax out so I could clean it up and put it away. I hate to waste anything. I had the lights down and I liked the way the light played on the counter top, so I thought, why not? A few photos, what's the harm? Well, of course, those were nothing special, but I had this little pot (I think it's a creamer, I'm not sure, it's something that came from Jeff's Mom). I set it by the pot and took a few shots. It's really not copper, but it looks copper in the candle light.